“I think we can all unequivocally say in 2026, football is not going anywhere.”
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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
“It is imperative that FEMA helps communities quickly respond to wildfires and increase their resilience to future wildfire disasters”
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On the recordMarch 11, 2014
We certainly hear a lot of commentary about most of these workers being minors.
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Tammy Baldwin
Democratic · Wisconsin
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Baldwin addresses misconceptions about low-wage workers being primarily teenagers.

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